Chapter 52: The Maid Walnut

Webb's rented apartment is not far from the neighborhood of the Modern Magic Department, a few minutes' walk along the Thames River Bank, south across the London Bridge built by Queen Elizabeth II, who is said to be a master of super-magic tricks, and through the gray area where the black market and underground order prevail, you will come to a neighborhood called Druid Street. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Druids, who originated in Greece and prevailed in Celtic, British and other Western European civilizations, are a group of mysterious, proficient in divination, meticulous in the ritual of sacrifice, and also good at calendars, medicine, astronomy and literature...... At the same time, they are also synonymous with law enforcers, bards, and explorers. Of course, they are best at magic related to nature, and CΓΊchulainn and Merlin, who are famous in Celtic history, are also considered to be members of the druids.

In London, if a neighborhood with such a name has nothing to do with magic, the Magic Association will not allow it in the first place. I don't know if it's because of the influence of the name "Druid", this street has a naturally generated "barrier", no matter how noisy the neighborhood outside, once you step here, you will immediately return to tranquility, as if you have entered a different world. Because of this, despite the old houses and poor security, there are still many magicians who are willing to choose their residences here, and Webber is one of them.

Turning into a fork in the druids, a reddish-brown building comes into view, which is Webber's rented apartment.

To be honest, Webb's apartment was really bad, with lush creepers and overgrown weeds to laugh it off. The reddish-brown brick walls and chimneys were full of cracks, and debris crackled down whenever the wind blew. It is conservatively estimated that the history of this building is more than 100 years, and if it is not conservative, it can be said that it has gone through the industrial revolution. Shinji was seriously skeptical that he would knock it down with a punch he had - not because Shinji was strong, but because the building was too broken.

Open the door to the foyer, which doubles as a stairwell, with a central spiral staircase leading to the first, second and third floors, behind which is the rental house. Next to the hall is an area for the caretaker, an old woman who reclies in a rocking chair in the afternoon before dusk.

Weber helped Shinji to check in temporarily, and the location of the room was adjacent to Weber, so he could directly break through the wall at a critical moment. As for the repair fee, it is not Shinji's turn to pay anyway, this is the property in Elmeloi's name, and Kenneth will not let him pay.

Walking up the stairs to the second floor, I opened a door that was indistinguishable from the surroundings, and a puff of dust mixed with a peculiar smell hit my face, choking people and coughing repeatedly.

The interior of the room is exactly like that of a cheap apartment, and although it is relatively spacious, the clutter in the room has wasted this area. Littering things have little in common, from piles of books and desks that look old, to moldy leftovers of bread and a few home game consoles that seem to be in regular use, making the room unbearably crowded.

Overall, this is a room worthy of a dead house, an abandoned house.

Drawing a rune of the wind casually, blowing open the window and blowing out the dust as well, Shinji opened his mouth and complained: "It's like that in the office, but here it's like this, are you pretending to be a coercion? ”

"It's a matter of course to get your work in order. Webber didn't care, "Also, please don't call me by that name, I can't afford it, and being heard by other people can cause all sorts of problems." ”

Elmeloy II was a man in the other world, and after Kenneth's death, he inherited the name imposed on Webber by Rhaenys of the Elmeloi faction. Now that Kenneth is not dead, Webb naturally will not get this name. And no matter which world line it is, Webb doesn't like the name.

"Yes, yes. Shinji's perfunctory attitude makes it hard to think that he listened, "Although I don't reject messy rooms, but your room is too messy, how about cleaning it a little, just to test the maid's housekeeping performance." ”

"No, I might not be able to find anything after tidying up. Webb shook his head, many people who have been messy for a long time in a room have such concerns when cleaning up.

"But you're making it hard for me. Shinji smiled bitterly, "In case someone invades your room, just move it a few times, and it will damage things." It's okay with this garbage, but if you damage your console, cassette, and CDs......"

"Stop, you've won - Hu Tao. ”

As soon as he heard this reason, Webber immediately changed his attitude, Shinji's trolley case was opened, and the mercury maid returned to her human form, saying in Japanese.

"Master, please give orders. ”

Hu Tao is Weber's name for the mercury maid, derived from the classic cute maid comic "Iron Angel" created by the Japanese cartoonist group Jiecuo, as the heroine Hu Tao (くるみ, Kurumi), a robot controlled by angels, which is very similar to the setting of the mercury maid.

Since 1997, the manga has been a magazine called "Shonen Ace" owned by the Japanese publishing giant Kadokawa Shoten, and every issue of "Shonen Ace" will be delivered by an employee of the Kiriri family from Tokyo to London, and any new games or consoles will also be sent. This is also the reason why Weber and Shinji haven't seen each other for a long time, and the relationship is still so good, and the friendship of the two-dimensional house is so strong.

"Clean the room and I'll tell you where to put the stuff. ”

"Understood. ”

The maid who received the order immediately began to clean, and it was this style of painting that was a little curious.

I saw that Hu Tao's upper body remained unchanged, holding a broom in one hand and a mop in the other, the lower half of his body changed to a liquid state, pulling out seven or eight tentacles, rolling rags, throwing paper baskets, water basins, and cleaning up all kinds of books and sundries, and the two otaku were dumbfounded.

"It's... This... What can I say......"

"Well, at least it's very efficient, one person is up to four or five people, and in this respect it is indeed an excellent dress, worthy of the pride of Mr. Kenneth. ”

"Also, if it goes on like this, it is estimated that in another ten minutes, the room will be cleaned up. Oops, I suddenly found that I was able to accept this style of painting, and I felt quite emotional, after all, the magician's creation was much more exaggerated than this. ”

"Indeed, it seems that my life will be much easier in the future. ”

"To celebrate the good life, let's play the game. ”

Shinji said as he opened his trolley suitcase, which was divided into two layers, the first layer was filled with mercury maids, and the second layer was filled with his own luggage.

"This time I've brought several new games to the table, including internal versions that haven't been released yet. ”

"Oh, let me see...... Advanced Grand Strategy 98!!。 ”

Weber almost burst into tears at the box of games placed on the top floor, the favorite game of the emperor to whom he was loyal and his home.